have you quit a highly paid job?

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I am going crazy, I earn decent money, work hard but I am seriously thinking of packing it all in next year after baby no 2 arrives. The thing is I am always rushing and feel I am really missing out on DS ( who is 18mths) & growig up to quickly. I hated when DS started nursery ( tears!!) & not sure I could go through all this again with the second one.My friends/family think the idea is crazy....what if I cant get a job after the kids are school................anyone made the leap & have a happy story to tell????????

I was lucky enough to get made redundant while i was pregnant with DS (our first). My employer didn't know I was pregnant as we knew the redundancies were in the offing so I kept quiet as I'm 100% certain they would not have made me redundant had they known for fear of reprisals.
But in fact they did me a huge favour as I was never planning to go back after the birth anyway. I was an 'older' mum and I think I'd done my fair share of train travel into London, 6.30am on the station platform and all the office politics and stress etc.

I do miss the money, there is no denying that but when my old boss contacted me last month to ask if I fancied going back part time (I now have DD aswell) it took me all of 5 minutes thought before i said "No thanks".

I love my life with my children thankfully and dont miss my career at all. It might be influenced though by the fact that i have very supporting extended family so I do get some "me" time.